25 Lies You Tell Yourself About Your Acting Career

If you aren’t currently booking the roles you want, there’s a high likelihood that you’re telling yourself one or more of the following:

I’m too old (didn’t start early enough).
I don’t live in the right city (LA or NYC).
I don’t have what it takes (ie – enough talent).
I don’t have enough experience.
I don’t have enough training.
I don’t know the right people.
I don’t have enough money.
I’m not in a union.
I don’t have a good enough agent (or an agent period).
I’m not confident enough.
I’m not good enough/I don’t deserve to succeed.
I’m wasting my time. I should just go back to school.
See those other people? They’ve got it. I don’t.
I’m not interesting enough.
I don’t have thick enough skin; I can’t take the rejection.
Who do I think I am?
It’s now or never.
I don’t have the right look.
They’re silently laughing at me for even auditioning for this role.
I’m just gonna mess it up.
I’ll never get cast in a role I care about.
I’ll never be able to work as an actor.
There aren’t enough roles.
I don’t have the right